▲ 1835 ▼ It's time to admit Lemmy has won the "the biggest reddit alternative" award, why it's time for all of us to consider supporting it (here's why) + reopening r/LemmyMigration (old.reddit.com) submitted 2 years ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/reddit@lemmy.world 491 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] SCB@lemmy.world -8 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It's not out of left field. Read the user names. The dude who says "I'm not sure which one I am" has the username "Certified Black Guy" which is why the joke was made. They're all replying to this 19-45 white male tech enthusiast and 19-45 white trans female tech enthusiast. It's a play on how the expectation was that the trans reference was between gender. Twist-on-expectation is a core conceit of many jokes. You don't have to think it's a funny joke. It's a hip shot, a shitpost. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago I read the thread, the "joke" is bad. You don't have to think it's a funny joke. It's a hip shot, a shitpost. Isn't the whole point of a shitpost to garner downvotes? Mission accomplished I guess. Point still stands, it's deserving of downvotes. Again, I don't disagree that Lemmy is not very casual friendly at the moment. But let me reiterate, "more trans jokes/shitposts/whatever you want to call it" isn't going to attract the types of "casuals" that I (or most people on Lemmy, I'd assume) want to interact with. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago I read the thread, the "joke" is bad. You don't have to think it's a funny joke. It's a hip shot, a shitpost. Isn't the whole point of a shitpost to garner downvotes? Mission accomplished I guess. Point still stands, it's deserving of downvotes. Again, I don't disagree that Lemmy is not very casual friendly at the moment. But let me reiterate, "more trans jokes/shitposts/whatever you want to call it" isn't going to attract the types of "casuals" that I (or most people on Lemmy, I'd assume) want to interact with. permalink fedilink source parent